Gas-producer apparatus.



J. A. HERRICK. GAS PRODUCER APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED 1320.30. 1912.

1 1 1 2,534, v Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

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Be it known that 1, James A. HERRIGK, a

citizen of the United States of America, and

resident of Newark, in t e county of Essex 5 and Stateof New Jersey, (whose post-ofiice address is 90 Vest treet, New York, N. Y.,) have invented certain neIw and useful Improvements in Gas Producer Apparatus, of which the followin is a specification.

This invention re ates to improvements in gas producers, and more particularly to the provision, construction 'and arrangement of parts whereby, in aid of proper and necessary agitation of the contained fuel, preferably selective and controllable characteristics of such parts are present.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide in a gas producer water-cooled stirring means which are at will readily removable therefrom-and adjustable therein.

Another object of the invention is to provide a poker or the like which is capacitated, either within or without the presence of supporting means therefor adjacent the free terminus or termini thereof within the producer, for a plurality of ready dispositions with relation particularly to the feature of general axial inclination or longitudinal ob liquity from the horizontal.

Still another object is the provision of a .producer casing constructed in a purality of casings, certain of which being preferably adapted for differential and mutually inde pendent speeds of rotation.

A further object is the provision of stirring means so disposed transversely of said sections that such means will extend through certain of the respective sections within space-solids removed different distances re spectively from the common vertical axis of the producer.

Another object is to provide improved mountings or supports for said stirring means, whereby the same may be conveniently and readily adjusted within or removed from the producer through manipulations completely located exteriorly of said producer.

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less broad than those stated above, together with the advantages inherent, will be in part obvious, and in part specifically referred to in the course of the following descriptions of the elements, combinations, arrangements of parts, and applications of principles constituting the invention; and

Specification of Letters Patent.

JAMES A. HERRICK, 0F NEWABiK, EW JERSEY.

Application filed December 30, I912. Serial No. 739,290. I

appear from the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which are to be taken as a part of this specification, and in which I have shown a form of embodiment of the invention as at present preferred: Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View, partly broken away; Fig..2is a top plan view of certain of the parts illustrated in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a view in elevation of certain of said parts, also partly broken away and looking in thedirection of the arrow shown in-Fig. 2';.Fig.' 4 is a detail View, partly in section, showing a possible modification of certain of the adjusting means hereinafter described; and Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view, taken on the line 55 of Fig. 4 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

Referring now to the drawing, there is disclosed a producer proper, including in this embodiment three separate horizontal sections, respectively represented by the numerals 4, 5 and 6. Section 4 is supported in any usual manner against axial rotation,

and is water-sealed upon section 5 therebe-.

.the scope of protectioii contemplated will tion 4 and preferably at individually diiferential speeds of rotation; all as will now be more particularly described.

Section 4 is here illustratively shown as being mechanically mounted upon section 5 as by means of a racer 7'and a plurality of spheres one of which is illustrated at 8 and which are adapted to travel in said racer. Similarly, section 5 is shown as mechanically supported upon section 6 as by means of a similar racer 9 and similar spheres 10.

Section 4 is water-sealed'upon section 5 as by means of the depending annular flange 11 of the former, depending into and below the surface of anannular water-way 12 accommodated within the annular trough 13, carried by section 5. Similarly, section 5 is water-sealed upon section 6 as by means of the depending annular flange 14 of said section 5, depending into and below the surface of a similar annular water-way 15 accommodated within the annular trough 16, carried by said section 6.

Section. 5 is here disclosed as carryinganwith which is meshed a worm-wh eel "ltl driven by themhafLZQr Sh'ad'fsll) and 22 /may befinected to each other for simultaneous drive or driven independently any approved manner; and 1t w1ll at this point be clear that according to the velocity ratios of the intermeshed transmitting mechanisms just described, similar or difierential rotation may be given to the respect ve sections 5 and 6, even during nnmobility of section 4. f;

The major portion of=the weight of the producer is here shown as being borne by the annular trackenrim 23, which is adapted to travel upon a plurality of rollers one of which is shown at 24. Rollers 24 are mounted upon'spindles 25. Spindles 25 are journaled in brackets 26 as shown, each of which brackets is in turn supported by a column 27.

The statement is made at this point that particularly this inventions contemplation is not limited to the provision of the minimum plurality of sections shown; and that it conceives an employment of any plurality of such sections, no matter what he the respective characteristics of rotation resident in certain or all of the said sections.

Proceeding now to a consideration of the means herein illustratively disclosed for indicating an added advantage attainable by virtue of the presence and cotiperation of such plurality of horizontal sections, as well as for indicating improved stirring means per se and also mounting and adjusting means therefor, attention will first in this connection be directed to the section 4. This section 4 is shown as carrying exteriorly one or more recessed vestibules 28, in this embodiment partially defined by a casting 29 or the like, another casting 30 or the like, and a section of masonry 31 or the like. Accommodated between casting 29 and 30, and a socket-plate 32, is a movable, preferably hollow, generally spherical member 33, having the transverse passage therethrough within which poker 34 is disposed, as shown in the drawing.

A twyer-box 35 of the approved type is located as shown within the producer, and, preliminarily to entering upon a description of the poker 34 and its adjusting and supporting mechanisms disclosed in connection with the same, attention is directed to the conical socket-member 36, here carried upon said twyer-bcx and provided with a plurality of sockets or depressions 37, which is deemed an advantageous feature of this embodiment. And in this connection, it should be understood that a greater plurality of such depressions or their equivalents could be provided, and on difierent portions of the slope of said conical member 316, in

aid of the coiiperation therewith of poker 34 or another-erfiether similar pokers accommodated through other and difierentially located mountings similar in function to the mounting provided within recess 28. Poker 34, in this embodiment shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, is provided with a collar 38, fixedly adjustable as by means of the screw 39, whereby, if desired, the maximum degree of insertion of the poker body into the producer may be controlled upon an actuation of the presently-shown and immediately to be described illustrative type of operating mechanism: before proceeding to a description of which attention is called lastly to the end-cap 40 of the poker itself.

It may next in order be stated that the form of poker disclosed in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and indeed the embodiment shown in Figs. 4 and 5 and hereinafter described, are nevertheless particularly adapted for the utilization of a water-cooling or other cooling circulation, as indicated especially in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, by the provision of pipe 47, openended at 48 so as to make possible the usual interior circulatory paths; and attention is called to the method of exteriorly connecting pipe 47 illustrated at 49.

Now referring to the operating mechanism above mentioned, there is in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 illustrated as fixedly carried by column 27, a bracket 41, interiorly threaded as shown, and allowing of the actuation there through of the disclosed threadedportion of the crank-member 42. Column 27 is adapted here to constitute a cross-head guideway for the cross-head 43, which last carries the bearing-plates 44, within which are journaled the trunnions 45 formed upon' the trunnion band or sleeve 45, through which said poker may slide at the proper times mentioned hereinafter. A. locking means 46 of any approved type is diagrammatically indicated as present preferably upon cross-head 43, for preventing reciprocation of poker 34 through trunnion band 45, when the poker is properly reset. Crosshead 43 carries also a journal-box 43, Within which is accommodated the portion 42 of the crank-member 42.

Having thus described this embodiment of my invention, its operation, which should largely be obvious, may now be understood: First, it is apparent that sections fraud 6 may or may not, but at. least one of them preferably is, rotating, either dificrentially or otherwise; and it should be noted here that the word diiferential as used herein in connection with the rotations or degrees of rotation of diiierent sections respectively is intended to include varying and dissimilar velocity ratios as well as rotations in mutually opposite directions. Let us, then,

assume that poker 34 is either wholly ref previously been accomplished by disconnection from cross-head 43, or rather is in the the crank-member 42 usually ineffective disposition shown in dot-- ted lines in Fig. l at 34", and that it is desired to adjust the same to a relocation of greater effectiveness in relation to the main mass of fuel. It will be clear that to lower the poker-end into the fuel mass, or, in other words, to incline it into the fuel mass at an oblique angle to the horizontal, an operation of the crank-member 42 to lower vertically its portion 42' will be suflicient, either in accordance with an arbitrary scale pro- Vided exteriorly of the producer, or otherwise. If it is desired to nest the poker-end into a socket 37 it is merely necessary preliminarily to give the axis of the poker the properly predetermined direction of set, whereupon and upon the descent of crosshead 43 during the maintenance of the poker-axis in the aforesaid set, the reciprocation of the poker through sleeve45-and through member 33 will drive its end-portion into the predetermined socket 37. Thereupon, the locking means 46 could be utilized to maintain constant as long as desired the said set.

Attention is now directed particularly to Figs. 4 and 5, wherein, in connection with and its associated parts illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, a modified form of trunnion sleeve is shown at 50, as well as a substitute for the locking .upon poker 34 of a means 46, the last existent in the provision plurality of square threads 51, with which are adapted to co-act a plurality of similar square threads 52 carried interiorly of the hand-wheel 53. Handwheel 53 is carried upon trunnion sleeve by the annular plate 54; and the trunnion sleeve itself is provided with keyways 55 (see Fig. 5) adapted to accommodate the keys 56 carried here by poker 34.

The method of operation of this embodiment of my invention is substantially as follows: Let us assume here also that the cross-head 43 is poker 34 is initially in the position illustrated in dotted lines at 34 in Fig. 1; with the collar 38 entirely removed from the poker or sufliciently removed from the member 33. Crank 42 has obviously been operated to bring the sleeve 50 to the position shown in said F 1. Hand-wheel 53 is now operated to feed the poker longitudinally through sleeve 50 to remove the interior poker-end sutficiently near the wall of the producer to allow of the pivotal swinging of the poker free from the possibility of said poker-end striking against socket-member 36. Crank 42 is next operated until so vertically positioned, either by the aid of an exterior scale or the like, that the prolongation of the axis of poker 34 will intersect a predetermined socket 37; whereupon hand-wheel 53 is finally operated to longitudinally feed said poker along its thus positioned axis until its cap 40 nests properly within said socket 37. And poker 34 is in a similar manner, but by a reverse series of operations, cleared of its then co-acting socket 37; and thereupon given another desired disposition, or totally removed from the producer as by means of merely disconnecting bearingplates 44 from cross-head 43 and removing the poker bodily.

It will thus be seen that I have provided illustrative embodiments well calculated to attain the various ends'and objects of my invention, and particularly it will be observed, first, that I have shown a simple and practical means for attaining an advantageous rigidity of support for the stirring means in various dispositions, as well as simple and practical means for adjusting said stirring means into such dispositions or for entirely removing the same from the producer interior; and, second, that I have shown a novel form of producer, characterized by a plurality of differentially rotating horizontal sections, whereby the said dispositions of the stirring means, generally at an oblique angle through eccentric portions of the fuel mass in certain ferent sections respectively, is capable of a degree of selective agitative eificiency not attained heretofore.

As many changes could be made in the above construction, and many apparently widely difierent embodiments of my invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood J that the language used in the following claims is intended to cover all the generic and specific features of the invention herein described and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a gas producer, in combination, a movable mounting carried by said producer, a poker coiiperating with said mounting, and adjusting means removed from the interior of said producer wherebysaid poker may be adjusted to and maintained in a predetermined set at an oblique angle to the horizontal; a second mountinglocated within the producer and adapted to coiiperate with an end-portion of said poker in apredetermined set, and adjusting means removed from the interior of said producer whereby said poker may be adjusted 0f the dif:

to and maintainedin such a predetermined set.

2. In a gas producer, in combination, a movable mounting carried by said producer, a poker cooperating with said mounting, and adjusting means removed from the interior of said producer whereby said poker may be adjusted to and maintained in a predetermined set at an oblique angle to the horizontal; a second mounting located within the producer and adapted to cooperate with an end-portion of said poker in a pro determined set, and adjusting means removed from the interior of said producer whereby said poker may be adjusted to and maintained in such a predetermined set, said adjusting means including a controller device connected to said poker at a point outside of said first-mentioned mounting.

3. In a gas producer, in combination, a movable mounting carried by said producer, a poker cooperating with said mounting, and adjusting means removed from the interior of said producer whereby said poker may be adjusted to and maintained in any of a plurality of predetermined sets each at an oblique angle to the horizontal; a

Copies of this patent may be obtained for aiianaa second mounting located within the produper and adapted to cooperate with an end-portion of said poker in a predetermined set, and adjusting means removed from the interior of said producer whereby said poker may be adjusted to and maintained in any of such plurality of such predetermined sets.

4. In a gas producer, in combination, a poker mounted so as to be universally movable with respect to the Wall of the producer in which it is mounted, and adjustable as to the extent of its projection into the producer, and a support within the producer for the poker in any one of a plurality of such adjustments.

5. In a gas producer, a-poker mounted in a wall of the producer, and a support for the end of the poker within the producer.

In witness whereof, have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES A. HERRICK.

Witnesses:

E. W. SCHERR, Jr., ALBA L. MiLLnR.

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